Thunderbird accounts
Hi Raul, In a previous message, you mentioned a file in Thunderbird which contains the address book but is there a file or folder which contains all the account settings? This would make a backup simple. Thanks Neville. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Thunderbird accounts
Neville, if you open the %appdata% folder, look for the Thunderbird folder and save that. Please note the percent symbols around %appdata%. I hope this helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Assistive Technology Trainer - RGA Tech Solutions Voice and Text: 832.554.7285 Office: 832.639.4477 Personal Email: r...@raulgallegos.com Work Email: train...@rgats.com Twitter: @rga7285 and @RGATrainer “Any teacher that can be replaced with a computer, deserves to be.” - David Thornburg On 5/18/2017 11:19 PM, Neville via Talk wrote: Hi Raul, In a previous message, you mentioned a file in Thunderbird which contains the address book but is there a file or folder which contains all the account settings? This would make a backup simple. Thanks Neville. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/raul%40raulgallegos.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Thunderbird accounts
Hi Raul, Thanks for your reply on saving the Thunderbird folder. Unfortunately Tbird saves a lot of old messages in the Profile folder which can go back years even though the trash folder can be kept clear. My Profile folder grew to around 6 gb although theTools, erase recent history option was used from time to time. While doing a scan with a newly installed Bullguard, old messages from years in the past were displayed on the screen as they were scanned. These messages even included those from an old email address which had been previously removed from the system. The fact that old messages, which I thought had been removed when deleted, were still around came as quite a shock. I used the Mozilla backup tool without saving emails but with address settings and with a fresh install of Thunderbird, the new Profile folder with three account settings came to under 20 mb. The Tools, remove recent history option is used more frequently these days but my Profile folder continues to grow. It is currently around 140 mb and when it gets to around 150 mb, the process mentioned above will be used again. This is why I asked if there was a simple way of saving the account settings in a similar way to saving the address book. It would make the setting up of a new clean Profile folder easier. Cheers Neville. On 23/05/2017 3:43 AM, Raul A. Gallegos via Talk wrote: Neville, if you open the %appdata% folder, look for the Thunderbird folder and save that. Please note the percent symbols around %appdata%. I hope this helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Assistive Technology Trainer - RGA Tech Solutions Voice and Text: 832.554.7285 Office: 832.639.4477 Personal Email: r...@raulgallegos.com Work Email: train...@rgats.com Twitter: @rga7285 and @RGATrainer “Any teacher that can be replaced with a computer, deserves to be.” - David Thornburg On 5/18/2017 11:19 PM, Neville via Talk wrote: Hi Raul, In a previous message, you mentioned a file in Thunderbird which contains the address book but is there a file or folder which contains all the account settings? This would make a backup simple. Thanks Neville. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/raul%40raulgallegos.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nevx616%40optusnet.com.au. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: Thunderbird accounts
Neville, Deleting messages and emptying the trash folder does not actually delete anything. It only removes them from view. You need to compact folders. I've been using TB for years, have countless folders and messages, and my %AppData%\Thunderbird folder is 59.5 Mb. There is a threshold you can set to be prompted to compact folders in one of the menus, but it rarely seems to fire for me. So I've gotten into the habit of just doing it manually via the File menu every month or so when I perform other system cleanup tasks. I have two email accounts, close the tree up to the top level of each, e.g. tom.kings...@charter.net (27) closed, Alt-F File, F Compact folders. Wait a bit and the status bar will display how much data was deleted. Here's a link to Mozilla's article on compacting. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/compacting-folders#main-content Hth, Tom On 5/23/2017 2:24 AM, Neville via Talk wrote: Hi Raul, Thanks for your reply on saving the Thunderbird folder. Unfortunately Tbird saves a lot of old messages in the Profile folder which can go back years even though the trash folder can be kept clear. My Profile folder grew to around 6 gb although theTools, erase recent history option was used from time to time. While doing a scan with a newly installed Bullguard, old messages from years in the past were displayed on the screen as they were scanned. These messages even included those from an old email address which had been previously removed from the system. The fact that old messages, which I thought had been removed when deleted, were still around came as quite a shock. I used the Mozilla backup tool without saving emails but with address settings and with a fresh install of Thunderbird, the new Profile folder with three account settings came to under 20 mb. The Tools, remove recent history option is used more frequently these days but my Profile folder continues to grow. It is currently around 140 mb and when it gets to around 150 mb, the process mentioned above will be used again. This is why I asked if there was a simple way of saving the account settings in a similar way to saving the address book. It would make the setting up of a new clean Profile folder easier. Cheers Neville. On 23/05/2017 3:43 AM, Raul A. Gallegos via Talk wrote: Neville, if you open the %appdata% folder, look for the Thunderbird folder and save that. Please note the percent symbols around %appdata%. I hope this helps. -- Raul A. Gallegos Assistive Technology Trainer - RGA Tech Solutions Voice and Text: 832.554.7285 Office: 832.639.4477 Personal Email: r...@raulgallegos.com Work Email: train...@rgats.com Twitter: @rga7285 and @RGATrainer “Any teacher that can be replaced with a computer, deserves to be.” - David Thornburg On 5/18/2017 11:19 PM, Neville via Talk wrote: Hi Raul, In a previous message, you mentioned a file in Thunderbird which contains the address book but is there a file or folder which contains all the account settings? This would make a backup simple. Thanks Neville. ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/raul%40raulgallegos.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/nevx616%40optusnet.com.au. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tom.kingston%40charter.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/
